Yalta
Salerno .
Yes, Yalta was a meeting place for Allied leaders during World War II. In February 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin gathered there to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe and the ongoing war against Japan. This conference was significant in shaping the geopolitical landscape of the post-war world.
island hopping
A meeting of war is often referred to as a "war council." This gathering typically involves military leaders and advisors who come together to strategize, plan operations, and make critical decisions regarding the conduct of the war. War councils have played significant roles throughout history in determining military tactics and overall war strategy.
The allies principle strategy, that ultimately won them the war, was opening up the war to be fought on multiple fronts. What this means is that Germany would have to fight the allies from multiple directions. The German's blitzkreig (lightning war) strategy made them very difficult to take them on directly. However, by opening up the Germans to have to defend against both the French side and the Russian side (and eventually the Italian side, once they had been taken), meant that they would have to spread out troops to fight in multiple areas.
"Island-Hopping" .
Island hopping. (In NovaNET: "leap frogging")
Japan and Italy
During World War II, the coastal city of Casablanca (in French Morocco, as the region was then called) provided the site for an international conference of Allied leaders. Taking place in January of 1943, the conference hosted talks among British, American, and French leaders.
They were confident they could outlast the AlliEd forces
Allied punishments weakened the German Economy after World War 1, while Allies helped revive the German economy after World War 2.
Salerno .
The western Allies should invade France (APEX)
Yes
island hopping
When the US entered World War II in 1941, its strategy was to send most of its troops to the Pacific to battle Japanese forces. Later, from 1943-1945 the US led the allied war effort in Europe.
At that moment Germany had been cut in half and an Allied victory in Europe was a sure thing.